That, everyone, is the key to the Day of Urb. After two arrests last week of Ohio State starters and four players total facing some form of discipline allowed his controversial past at Florida to resurface, Meyer just needed a way out -- because You Know What begins at the end of August.

And anyone who knows Meyer knows it’s all about winning. Get between the white lines where it’s all cozy and comfortable – and where he has the advantage.

This Ohio State team, coming off an unbeaten season where it couldn’t play for a championship because of NCAA sanctions, has the talent (and schedule) to win 12 again and play for a championship.

He has a veteran team good enough to win it all, and a dynamic quarterback (Braxton Miller) good enough to win the Heisman Trophy. He has a schedule favorable enough to get to the final BCS National Championship Game and break the SEC’s seven-year vise grip on the title – a run of success he began in 2006 with the first of two national titles at Florida.

Why gum up the works with senseless distractions? Suck it up, take your medicine and move forward to the beginning of fall camp.

Don’t believe it? Look at these gems from Meyer, who since April 2012 – and as recently as this month with text messages to reporters -- has been defiant about his handling of wayward players:

—On his players getting into trouble at Florida and Ohio State: “We’ve had too many. We erred. Mistakes were made.”

—On second chances: “Sometimes I sit back and evaluate that we give too many second chances.”

—On his reputation: “I can’t control what people think about myself and our program.”

—On responsibility of the head coach with player behavior: “The head coach needs to set the standard. Needs to direct, guide, mentor, push and direct these guys.”

—When he first heard about recent problems with Ohio State players: “I think furious might be the word that would best describe when I first got the phone call.”

In a word, he was brilliant. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear this was a public relations seminar on damage control.

Meyer was humble. He was contrite. He was realistic.

He stood at the dais for 30 minutes and took question after question about his time at Florida and Ohio State, and how last week’s events of player behavior have pushed the spotlight directly on a subject he can no longer avoid.

When the tsunami approaches, run for higher ground.

“I learned years ago that no matter how I feel, that’s a battle you’re not going to win,” Meyer said later, away from the grand ballroom.

That’s about as combative as he got both in the main ballroom, and in front of another group of reporters for 30 minutes in a side room. There were times when he looked genuinely upset about what has transpired; almost remorseful how some players have sullied the reputation of the whole.

At one point during a discussion away from the dais, Meyer was asked about former Florida player Aaron Hernandez, who has been charged with murder in Massachusetts. He paused, swallowed hard, and said “I felt awful when I heard. A sick feeling.”

Hernandez was one of more than 30 players at Florida over six years that found trouble with the law. In less than two years at Ohio State, seven players have run afoul of the law.

The latest, star tailback Carlos Hyde, is alleged to have hit a woman. Yahoo! Sports reported there is surveillance video that shows Hyde not hitting the woman in question – but it’s not clear if the alleged assault occurred before or after the video.

When asked if he has received good news about Hyde, Meyer said, “I didn’t receive the good news. We just have to evaluate the facts. Once I evaluate the facts, then we’ll make some decisions.”

A decision Meyer now says will be different from his recent history of disciplining players. He now has a member of his staff monitor other penalties for player behavior around the nation to make sure his discipline is “as hard or harder than what’s out there.”

“That’s maybe where I’ve changed over the years,” Meyer said. “Even as a first-time offense as a freshman. I want to make sure we’re setting the tone.”

If he sets it from here out as well as he set it Wednesday, his biggest worry won’t be team distractions.It will be whatever SEC team Ohio State is playing in Pasadena in January.